Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera on 27 May reiterated Tokyo's call to establish an emergency hotline between the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) and China's People's Liberation Army after two Chinese fighters came within a few dozen metres of two JSDF aircraft: an incident he described as "extremely dangerous". "It's important to construct a maritime communication mechanism between Japan and China because that mechanism includes hotlines between the two nations' navies and between each other's air forces as well," said Onodera.
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